Change color of java console output

Question

I was wondering if there is someway for me to set the color of the text that I output to the console in Java. It does not matter if it is system specific as the program will

Answer 1

You can take a look at the Java Curses Library: http://sourceforge.net/projects/javacurses/

Here's an entry on how to use it: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javaqa/2002-12/02-qa-1220-console.html

Answer 2

Another library you may be interested in is Jansi: http://jansi.fusesource.org/

Jansi interprets ANSI code and format them for the console output. It works for both unix and windows.

Update 11/2014: you can also see the github Page

Answer 3

thy this.... furthermore read http://jansi.fusesource.org/

public static final String ANSI_RESET = "\u001B[0m";
public static final String ANSI_BLACK = "\u001B[30m";
public static final String ANSI_RED = "\u001B[31m";
public static final String ANSI_GREEN = "\u001B[32m";
public static final String ANSI_YELLOW = "\u001B[33m";
public static final String ANSI_BLUE = "\u001B[34m";
public static final String ANSI_PURPLE = "\u001B[35m";
public static final String ANSI_CYAN = "\u001B[36m";
public static final String ANSI_WHITE = "\u001B[37m";

Answer 4

Not directly related to Java console output, but if you're looking to use ANSI colors in Kotlin console output, this is a great library to use - https://github.com/importre/crayon